Thread-cutting machine



July 24, 1923-. 1,463,019

` F. H. MooNEY THREAD CUTTING MACHINE Filed Oct. 25. 1920 Sheets-Sheet L @WAM Ju1y'24, 1923 1,463,019

` F. H. MooNr-:Y

THREAD CUTTNG MACHINE Filed Oct. 25. 1920 4 Sheets-Sheet '4 July 24, 1923- Ff. H. MOONEY THREAD CUTTING MACHINE Filed oct. 25. i920 4' sums-sheet 47456357 www Jury 24,1923- 1,463,019v

" F. H. MOONEY v THREAD CUTTING MACHINE Filed ocx. 25. 192o` 4 sheets-sheet 4' Patented July Elli, i923..

'Uhiirielli titane,

FRANK H. MooNEY, or HINsDALE, ILLINOIS', AssiGNon `To CLARENCE n. BARRETT,

or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. l

THREAD-CUTTING lil/JIACHINE.

Application filed October 25, 1320. Serial No. 419,276.

To all to hom t may concern Be it lrnown that l, FRANK H. MooNnY, citizen of the United' States, residing` at Hinsdale, in the county oi Du Page and State oi illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Thread-Cutting Machine; and i do hereby declare the following to be a iull, clear, and exact description oi' the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to machines for cutting male threads, and in some oi" its general objects aims to provide means for employing a circular saw for such thread cutting, to utilize a circularsaw for/cutting multiple threads; and to provide means for automatically Vteeding the stock to and from the saw` so that the only attention required by the machine will be the occasional filling oi a magazine with the stock which is to be threaded.

More particularly, my invention aims to provide novel and eEec-tive means tor gripping the stock which is to be threaded, for bringing this stock into Contact with a cutting edge while spirally advancing the stock, forY rotating the stock toa predetermined extent between suoli successive engagement with a cutting edge (whereby to produce multiple threads), and for automatically discharging the threaded stocky and feeding a new piece oi" stock into operative position.

Furthermore, my invention aims to pro vide means tor pivotally 'supporting the stock at the end opposite that which is to be threaded, for moving the latter end ot the steelt with respect to a suitable cutting tool to produce a portion oi athread, for stripping the threaded stoclr its supports when the threading has been completed. ior temporarily supporting a succeeding piece of stock in position for being gripped, and 'for thereafter withdrawing the temporary vsugport.

While the machine oi my invention is ap.- plicable for many purposes, it is part-icn larlv adapted tor threadingithe rubber barrels used on Yfountain pens. and l am thoreore describing my invention `in a machine suitable for this purpose, although I do not wis to be limited to such a purpose or to the particular embodiment here illustrated. Neither do wish to be limited to the above named objects, as further and more detailed objects will appear from the tollowingspeciiication and from the accompanying drawings, in which? y v Fig. l is a front view cfa threading maL chine embodying my invention and showing the same as it appears during the interval betweenthe cuttin'gof successive multiple thread portions.` c

`Fig. 2 is an' end view of thev same machine, taken from the right handendojtv `spindle and which rotated the same.

F ig. 5 is a transverse vertical sectionv taken along the correspondingly numbered line in the tuberotating mechanism so `as to move the tube into and .out ot engage-ment with the cutting edL cuts the thread. K ,Y

vFig. G is a transverse vertical section, taken along the correspondingly numbered ge of the circular saw which zigzag line of Fig. landshowing the arrangement of the magazine for the supply! ing of tubes.y and ythe `means for controlling the Jfeeding and the discharging oi the tubes, this section being taken at the moment when a fresh tube has been gripped betweenthe operative centers and before the previously threaded tube is entirely/dropped. i

Fig. 7 is a similar section taken after Lthe previously threaded tube has been dropped upon the discharge guide and showing ythe tubes in the. position which( they occupy during the threading operation. y i

Fig S is a development of theperiphery oit the cam shown on the machine at the' left iig. l and showing the means for rocking hand oit l, namely the cam which respindle and the tube longitu` arrangement of thev resultino thread how the previously threaded barrelholds ot vmy machine, showing vvthe barrel, and also showing in dotted lines how the barrel is rocked about its closed end to bringit into position tor engaging the saw. f

FiglQis a somewhat diagrammatic View similar to Fig. 2 and showing the corresponding end o'l another embodiment ot my invention, namely one in which'the stoclr is rotated about a lined axis and in which the saw arbor is moved with respect to this axis to bring the saw into and out ot engagement with the stock.

, Among the portions ot my machine which enables me toy accomplish the desired objectsare the followingz' f 1. Means for automatically feedingl the stock into position vtor theoperation ot the threading mechanism, and for automatically discharging the stock after it has been threaded. 2. Means Jfor stock when it has beenv ted to a certain tio n,tor thereafter rotating it duri .of the threading operation, and for stripping the stock ott' ythe gripping means after the threading has been completed.

3. The means tor longitudinally reciprocatingthe stock while being rotated7 so that its"'longitudinal movement will cooperate with `its rotation vin producing` a spiral thread by the engagement or" the stool; with the cutting edge of the saw.

4C. v.li/leans tor rocking the stock `transversely ot its axis about its tail end to bringits other end into and out' of engagement with the cutting edge of the saw.

5. Means for reducing the speed to secure automatically gripping the p osivthe proper'time relation between the parts oit the mechanism which r espectiyely move the stock `rotationally,` longitudinally and transversely.

Referring vfirst to the stoclr feeding` .and

discharging mechanism, this is here shown as including a magazine comprising` a yertical tube of a rectangular section slightly larger than the longitudinal contour of each of the rubber barrels which is to be threaded. This magazine or chutel desirably has a middle rportion of its l'rontk cut away as shown in Fig l, so as to afford an opening throughwhich the operator can readily see the extent to which the magazine is supplied with the rubber barrels 2, lloclringily mounted on this magazine is a control mei ber consist'ing ot a` trame secured to sides ot the magazine by piyot pins 4t at a pointsoinevwhat above the axis on which each barrel is to manipulated duringv the "threading operation The-:trame 3 carries three liori Zontal fingers or ledges, of which the lower of the rocking trame 3 and hasi's uppe tace spaced from the axis ot the barrel iif'liich.

desirably extends rearwardly trom the i'i on i.

is being threaded by substantially `one-andone-half times the diameter oi each barrel.

rllhe. upper ledge 7' has itslower tace spaced ,Y

from the same axis by approximately the same distance and also extends rearwardly z from the "front 'of the rocher tra-me The intermediate ledge 8 extends i"^orwardl;rv Jtrom the rear of thesaid'irame a distancebelow the upper ledge 7 corresponding snbsta'ii tially to the diameter ot one ot the barrels. T he three ledges are ot such a length transn yersely ot tl e machine that the upper and lower ledges through the magazine when the rocking coiitrol traine is in its normal position oit Fil.v 3, 1i

w`iile the intermediate ledge is .clear oit the bore of the magazine in tli's position; however, this intermediate ledgeintcrccpts th downward passage ot tubes in theme when the rocking traine 'is tilted to the charge po position the upper and lower ledges are both out of alinement with the bore ot rlic eine or chute. i

To control the rear of the piyoted traine 3 with a downby means hereafter described. the major portion ot its aceeo'uidistant from its axis so that the arm 9 will hold the control meinberin the position of FiLA the greater pai et each revolution of this cannor during the threading` of the barrel which is held by ine'ans hereafter vdesciiibed von an arri-s le (correspondingto the plane in w-liirli the section oit Fig 3 was taken) -just below the intermediate led je S oi the control member. However. the arm 9 is continuously urged towards the lett o llio, n spri. plattached to some r' dy i tot the machine, so thatl this `arm is swung into the -w-esitionof Fig. 6`as soon as the tip ot the arm reaches the recess lin theperiplicry ot' tion of llig. f7, in which latter -7 toi" intercept the passage ot tubes the movements ot this` iiiaga- -1 f l u zine-coiitioiling member, l desirab-ly provide lli other barrels troni following down theningszine. Then when the reaches the tl e caio l0,

shoulder l of the seid recess this -shoulder l v to its position oit Fig. T, therebj.Y allowing an'- otlier barrel to drop .troni ab ve the upper ledge 7' upon the intei'niediete ledge S, While also allowing the previously threaded borrel to roll donn upon the guard 6 which guiles it entirely out of the machine. y y y For rotating each oi the barrels While suhstzintinlly nli'fiefl with the A., l provide e vpelli ot nlined holding` members adapted to engage the opposite ends ot the barrel and desirably erre `fc these so that they con be moved sway 'l in encli other to peMAA the three-ded barrel to be discherged and to l :iit nn unthrended barrel to be dropped Ween these holding` 1' bers. l sl sirably nrrziiige these cooper:iting ho. members that both ot them ce be elle longitudinally ot the stock gripped betiv ,en them.r to :itlord the desired loi 'tufflinnl movementot the stock during the iv offending. For this prrposeT l im here shrming the open end oi the barrel which is to be thread ed engaged by e. knurled liesid on s.

(ld spindle l5 which is freely slideble in a bushing J5. but which spindle is continu ously urged toivnrd the bnrrelby e. spr l .,y l? surrounding ay reduced shank portion 18 oi the spindle. The bushing 3 6 is freely rotatable in joui-nels i9 and l formi of e rocker iframe es hereniter de l but this bushing is kept from sliding' in one direction by zin enlarged head 2l ei d zi fece of the journal 19y :ind in the other di-` rertion by n ivorm Wheel 22 which is splined to the outer end of the bushing i6 and which. n l'ords part of the means 'for rotating the spindle l5.

For holding' the other eiid or the barrel which is to be threaded, l provide e socket-- f stein having n cupped end adeptedto receive the convened end of the rubber bfi i), and to cooperate ivith the liiurled heed of the spindle l5 in holdii t el sub kl"ntinlly in nlinenient with the socliieti ff st ni 23 and the spindle l5.

sivin therocliing traine beck' not barrel.

' barrel entirely free of y'the spindle 23. rlliis rrn extends through bore in i )ving 26 projecting forwardly 'from the magazine l, and has at its kother end n linger 2T sti-ranged for Ystripping the threaded borrelroll1 the head of the spindle lis here# zitter described. At its outer end, lthe stem QS'is iiettened substantially to a` li-section when viewed from. the to'p'oi1 `the machine, V

so that its extreme tip affords an 'engagej ment Ona radial line with ti cam 28 moii'iited` on the clim shiiit lll which eXtendsdirec-tly below the spindle. This cfimy has its riin i'orined ritter the mannerv shoivn in the de-`- velopment of Fig. so thgit during each teef stein 255 in eiigalgfgemeiit with the. operative i Vith the parts thus n'rrnged, the 'sljn'i'n'g I 29 causes the stem y23 to itolloiv the contour olE the cem QS continuously, ivhil'e the'spi'ing l? holds the bnr-rel 2 clamped between the rotziting spindle l5 and the lsoclreting stein 213, so that thisbzirrel must Aifollow the longitiy Vlinzil motion imparted to the seid stem by the com 28. Consequently, the 'barrel of seid stein undergoes tourco'mplete recipro-` ations during each revolution of the com 28. Then when the fourth reciprocation is completed, the tip "oi: the stem Q8 enters the entre deep recess formation 32 in the coin no which is shoivi'i in the development oi' Fig. 8, thereby permitting the spring 29 to not stripper v2st toWiirds the l'eit of "the machine to such nii extent that this iiii Y 2T engages the right "hand `end ot 'the rubber l This causes the stripper to slide the barrel ofi the spindle l5, which spindle is limited in its travel towards the lel't oiC the machine by` Washer 33 pinnedr` to the router end ol the spindle shank lt and yniderptA red to engage the outerhfnee 'of the worm Wheel 22. Consequently, the stripper when moved Ito this position will `drew the rubber lo ns shown in Ll, vso es to permit the threaded borrel to drop by grevityoil the slight/lj." conczived end oll the stem Being mounted on the saine shaft ll, the cuins :ind ll@ rotate 'in unison, find the recess 3Q former is substantially in :iliiiement radially of the said sheit -ivith the Acr-in tace 3 4 on the :cuni l0. Consequently, the stripping' ot the threaded barrel oil the. spindle occurs substantially at the saine time that the cern 'l through the steiny 23A in jnioving` the,

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10 Qermits the magazine controlling` member to e rockedftothe position or Fig. ,6, `and this control member therefore automatically supports the lreshly 'fed tube yin position "for being gripped between the stem 23'and the spindle 15. T hen as the tip ot the stem 23 is moved to the right while leavingthe said recess 32 in the cam, this stem engages -the closed end of the freshly rfed barrel slides the mouth of the barrel upon the tapering snurled head or the spindle 1 5, so as to support this barreldur ing the inanipul. the saine. i l A For cutting the thread, l employ a simple circular sawB having its arborBG` iournaled in a bracket 3'? forming part oit the lion required for threading .supportingmember of the machine, and connect the arbor ofthis saw through a belt 44 to a suitable pulley (not here shown), so that this saw rotates continuously about a vfixed axis. Then l utilize the soclreting engagement between the sliding stem23 and the closed end of the vrubber barrel for per- 'mitting the barrel to be rocked horizontally about its closed end while swinging it into and outoit a position in which it can vengage the edge of the saw. l@Vith this in view, ll

do notamalrer the bearings 19 and 2O station` ary, but make these portions or a rocker frame 38 which is pivoted on the cam shalt 11 as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.- The rocker trame 38 carries a vbearing for worm 41 engaging the worm wheel 22 which rotates vthe spindle 15 as heretofore described, and

`this worm 41 is fast with respect to a'pulley 42 driven by abelt 43, both this belt and the belt 44 for loperating the saw being connected to common driving means not shown in the drawings. y

With the spindle 15 and the driving means for the same thus mounted on a rocking trame', it will. be evident from Figj?. that'by rocking this frame on the cam shaft 11 the spindle can be moved transversely, so as to move the open end of the barrel either to wards the edge of the saw or away from the latter, Since the spindle is smaller in diameter than the barrel which is to be threaded, this rocking movement can bring the parts to -the position of Fig. 3, with the edge of the sawslightly overhanging the open end.` ot the barrel after the manner in dotted lines in Fig. 11. rlhen the continuously `rotating barrel is moved towards the right of Fig. 3 by the action of the cam 28, the edge of the saw will engage the surface of the barrel and will cut a spiral groove leading from the open end of the barrel, the length ot this groove being deined by one of the y long sloping 'faces ot. the cam 28.

the tip ot this sloping face has been reached,

lVhen the short return tace will permit the springs 29 and 17 to move the barrel back longitudinallyto its starting point during a relatively small rotational movement of the" barrel, therebyy aording a tresh Vstarting point for the next spiral cut of' the saw, so that by suitably proportioning the various parts o' the mechanism-l` can use an ordinary circular saw for producing multiple threads symmetrically disposed with respect to the axis of the barrel. I

To prevent the saw from cuttingacross the i threads during each longitudinal return movement of' the barrel, l move the barrel bacll; transversely or away :trom the cutting .edge of the saw as soon as the vend of each .thread portion has been cut. This movement, as well as the initialswinging of the barrel towards the saw and the holding of 'thel barrel` inengagement with the cutting edge of the saw, are all accomplishedby the simple cam mechanismk shown in Fig. 5, which mechanism controls the rocking of the frame 38 about its mounting on the cam shaft 11. Keyed to the shaft 1 1 is a cam 45 vhaving its peripheral portions alternately 'ot two ditleient diameters and continuously engaging one end 46 of a rocking lever which is pivoted to stationary riser 47 `on the supporting member of the machine and which hasy itsy other end 48 bearing continuously 'against the journal 19 which forms part of `the said rocking member 38. rlhis rocking llever is reached by one of the larger diametered cam portions, the latter acts through the said lever to push the rocking frame away from the pivot 52 of the lever and since this pivot is on the stationary riser 47 or" the supporting member, theresulting thrust rocks the rocking memberabout its pivotal mounting. Consequently, the spindle 15 is moved` horizontally .towards the saw and is held in engagement with the latter as long as the arm 46 of the control lever rides on the larger diametered portion of the cam 45. Then as soon as this portion o' the cam passes the arm 46 of the lever,v the spring 50 will cause the rocker arm to return to its former position. thereby bringing the barrel out of the path of the saw. Bysuitably mounting the cam` 45 with regard to the. n

cams 28 and 10, l can reaeily timethis movement so that the withdrawal of the barrel from thesaw affords the desired interval for returning the barrel longitudinally to a fresh startingk point for another thread portion, and' finally for discharging the threaded barrel and gripping the next one.

In practice, each thread portion desirably extends for a i'iumber of turns around the barrel, so that the three cams must be rotated a considerably lower rate of speed than the spindle l5. l therefore desirably provide a sneed reduction carried by the rocker l'iai'ne. `For instance, lain here showing the bushing 16 in l? ig. 3 as being` keyed to a pinion meshing with a gear 5e. This latter gear is fast upon a pinion 55 which meshes with a gear 55 keyed to the cam sha-tt ll. rlhus arranged, the single drive 'from the belt -lB through the' worm wheel 22 aiords means for driving all of the moving parts of the mechanism excepting the'circular saw, and since all of these parts are connected through gearing and cams of definitely proportioned ratios, l can insure a proper relative movement ot all oi the parts, while leaving the rate ot rotation ot the saw free to be adjusted independently according to the condition of the saw and the hardness of the stock.

However, while l have illustrated and described my invention in a highly desirable embodiment, l do not wish to be limited to the details of the construction and arrangement here disclosed, it being obvious that various alterations might be made without departing from the spirit oi' my invention or from the appended claims. F or example, it will be evident that the transverse movement of the stock-holding means with respect to the stationary arbor of the saw is only a relative movement, and that the same general effect might be obtained by leaving the axis of the stock-gripping spindle stationary and moving the saw arbor back and forth. Thus, Fig. l2 shows an end ot a machine designed in this manner and having the saw arbor 57 journaled in a rocker arm 58 which is pivoted on the supporting base of the machine and which also has a thrust arm 59 bearing against the periphery of a cam 45A and urged towards the latter by a spring 60 lWhenever the tip of this thrust arm engages one of the radially larger cam portions, the arm is swung to the left in Fig. 12, thus moving the saw away from the stock. But when the thrust arm 59 engages the smaller diametered part of the cam lA, the spring 60 swings the rocker arm into a position corresponding to that of Fig. 5, thereby bringing the saw into its cutting position.

I claim as my invention:

l. In a threading machine, a circular saw, means for continuously rotating the stock about an axis substantially parallel to that of the saw, means for intermittently bringing the stock into engagement with the edge of the saw, and means :tor longitudinally moving the stock in one direction during its sawengaging periods and for moving the stock in the opposite direction during the intervals between such periods.

i2. ln a threading machine, a pair of alined soclreting means respectively engaging opposite ends ol the stoclr,'means for spirally advancing the stock while thus engaged, a circular saw, and sequentially operative means Vl'or moving one of the socketing means transversely of the stock so as to bring the lat-ter into engagement with the edge of the saw, tor moving the last named socketing means in the opposite direction, andfor increasing the spacing between the two soclre'ting means to cause the latter to release the stock.y

3. ln a threading machine, a pair of alined soclreting means respectively engaging opposite ends of the stoclnspring means continuously urgingthe said soclreting means towards each other, means Jfor continuously rotating one of the soclreting means, cam inea-ns for longitudinally reciprocating one of 'the soclreting means, a circular saw mounted on an aXis substantially parallel to that or the stock engaged by the said socketing means, yand means for reciprocating one ovl: the soclreting means transversely of the stoclr so as to bring the stock into and out oi e-ngagenient withtlie edge'oi the saw.

el. In a threading machine, a circular saw, means for holding the stoclrwith the airis of the latter substantially parallel to the aXis oit the saw and 'for continuously roy tating the stocl about its own axis, a pair of continuously rotating cams, means controlled by one of the cams for moving the stock-holding means longitudinally of the stock; and means controlled by the other cam for moving the stock towards the edge of the sawy for holding the stoclragainst the said edge during a predetermined rotational movement of thestock and 'for thereafter moving the stock away from the saw..

5. In a threading machine, a circular saw, a support :tor the same, a rocker frame pivoted on the support, stock-manipulating means carried partly by the support and partly by the rocker frame and including means for rotating the stock and means tor longitudinally moving the stock, and speed reducing means carried by the rocker frame and operatively interposed between the said stock-rotating and stock-moving means.

6. In a threading machine, a circular saw, a support for the same, a rocker trame pivoted on the support, stoclemanipulating means carried partly by the support and partly by the rocker trame and including means for rotating the stock and means for transversely moving the stock, and speed reducing means carried by the rocker `frame and operatively interposed between the said stock-rotating and stock moving means.

7. In a threading machine, a pair of substantially alined stock-holding means adapted to support the stock between them and both mounted for sliding longitudinally of the stock, the rst of the said holding means being` arranged for engaging the adjacent end of the stoel; to prevent relative rotation thereof, means urging both o'l' the holding means towards each other, neans for restricting the movement of the first named holding means in the said direction, cutting means adapted to engage the stock, means for rotating the iirst holding means and thereby rotating the stock; cam means co- ,operating` with the said urging means for moving the stock longitudinally, whereby the said longitudinal movenient'vvill coact with the rotating of the' stock to cause the cutting means to thread the stock, and means `associated with the cam means for stripping the stock off they iirst named holding` means. n y

`8. ln a threading machine, a circular saw, a magazine adjacent thereto and arranged Jfor holding superposed stock, means for releasing the lovvermost stock from the maga- Zine, automatic means for manipulating the said released stock so as to cause the saivto cut a thread upon the stock;` and consecutively operating means for thereafter releasing the threaded stock from the manipulating` means, holding it temporarily at a predetermined distance below the position occupied by'it during the said manipulating,

and then discharging the stock; the said temporaryholding means being so arranged that the stock held thereby Asupports the next stoclr item in position for engagement by tl e stoclemanipulating means.

9. ln a threading machine, a pair of.`

alinedk holding meansr cooperatingrto hold the stock between them during the threadholding means and arranged for stripping the threaded stock oft" the other holding to lreep the stock clear of the'san7 for a time y ing, and a stripper carried by one of the interval, and means iior moving the stock in one direction during the said predetermined rotational movementthereot and in the opposite direction during the said g time interval. f

Fianna n. MooNnr.

Signed at Chicago, Illinois, @ctober 2O,y 

